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"Het Klokhuis" Opening titles from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.
"Het Klokhuis" End titles from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.
Cube Spawn puts machines inside of (rather large) "Lego blocks." By doing this it will define a set of standards to ensure interoperability of these machines with other machines. Web standards such as HTML make the Internet work together by creating standards that everyone understands. Cube Spawn could do the same for open source manufacturing projects. Instead of desperately trying to combine lots of different unique machines with different sizes, plugs and electronics together Cube Spawn will streamline the process. Cube Spawn will make it much easier to get 3D printers but also CNC mills, painting bots or anything you can imagine to combine to become your own open source factory. It is an open source flexible manufacturing system and it is things such as Cube Spawn that will be major enablers of a personal manufacturing future.Watch the video here to see James Jones explain his project. At first glance something such as Cube Spawn could seem a lot less exciting than a new 3D printer or some awesome thing someone built using 3D printing. It is however a significant development. Standards make life easier for everyone. Just ask a web developer about IE 5. They ensure a common language and allow greater access to technology and more innovation. If you are serious about open source hardware and manufacturing, you can now put your money where your mouth is. The Cube Spawn project is looking for backers (you can pledge as little as $1) and you can learn more about that and check the project out on the Cube Spawn site here. Skint? Well then just spread the word!
The entire robot is 3D printed, including the joints. The man inside the robot is made out of White, Strong & Flexible and the rest out of Stainless Steel. It is hand painted and I am actually at a loss for words. Mani's Shapeways Shop is here and you can see more on the forum. The video of the robot is below.
Shapeways interviews Bre Pettis (on the right), the Maker in Chief over at Makerbot Industries. Makerbot Industries makes an affordable desktop 3D printer and we and a lot of other people are very excited about them and their Cupcake CNC. We asked Bre about the future of Makerbot Industries and desktop 3D printing.
Joris Peels: What's a Makerbot?
Bre Pettis: A MakerBot is an affordable, open source 3D printer.
Joris Peels: And a Cupcake is a Makerbot?
Bre Pettis: Yes, the Cupcake is our flagship personal fabrication device! It makes things that are a little bigger than a cupcake!
Joris Peels: Who is the team behind Makerbot Industries?
Bre Pettis: Adam (Adam Mayer) has his head in the software, Zach has his hands on production, I'm making waves and we all start prototyping at 6pm when we stop answering emails, packing boxes and taking care of business.
What was the first thing you 3D printed?
A shot glass. Promptly filled with a deadly Scandinavian concoction.
Your favorite thing so far?
Everyday I wake up and check out what's new on Thingiverse and I'm never let down. Lately there has been a trend to make tools to do other things with a MakerBot like the MicroLathe. When folks are using the tools we design to make other tools to make other things it gets me excited. We make things that make things that people use to make things that make other things that make things. Try saying that 3 times fast.
Who came up with the idea for Makerbot Industries?
Zach (Smith aka Hoeken) had been obsessed with 3D printing for a while and infected us with the personal manufacturing bug. Making things that make things is fun so it's contagious.
How long did it take you guys to get the company going, to get the first bots out the door?
We started on Jan 17. Had the prototype done by Mar 17, and then had the first batch of MakerBots out the door on April 17th. There wasn't a lot of sleep in those months. We actually ate 2 cases of ramen in those months so we wouldn't have to go out and eat. That was a bad idea. Don't do that, it's not healthy.
What are the differences between a Cupcake and a RepRap (Open source 3D printer project)?
The main difference between a MakerBot Cupcake CNC and a Reprap is how much time it takes to make one. The Reprap project is an academic research project and it can take a few months to gather the materials and then put a reprap together and then a lot of experimentation to get it to print. The MakerBot CupCake CNC is a kit and can be printing things out after a weekend of assembly with a friend.
Are you really going to try to tackle 3D scanning too?
Yes. Having a MakerBot 3D printer and MakerBot scanner is the washer/dryer combo of replication. Who doesn't want to print out portrait sculptures of their family and friends?
And what new materials will you introduce?
We just launched PLA, PolyLactic Acid, and it's flying off the shelves. It's clear and it's made from corn. It smells a bit like butter when you print with it. We're finishing up prototypes of the frostruder which is a syringe based extruder that can print with frosting and anything squishable like UV curable silicon. And clay! We're in the market for a kiln so we can fire our own MakerBotted tea set.
What is a typical Makerbot customer like?
A lot of our customers are time traveling antique hunters which brings up all sorts of shipping problems. Most people think that all MakerBot customers are seriously geeky, but the truth is that even though lots of designers and architects and engineers buy them, most of our customers are just clever people who are sick of waiting on other people for their jetpack.
Will everyone have a desktop 3D printer? If so when?
When the Altair came out, people criticized it and said there wasn't a need for more than 10 computers in the world. We're in that same kind of place with personal manufacturing that personal computing was back then. MakerBots will be an absolutely totally common thing to see on a desktop within 10 years.
Why is Thingiverse important?
We built Thingiverse because we needed a place to share our designs so we wouldn't lose them and so our friends could make what we had made and then modify those designs and make them better. The community is amazing and supportive, and it's also a lot of fun. There is no other place that you can share a design for a physical thing and people around the world will make their own copies within minutes (NB: mmm we might need to do some more work in promoting our 3D parts database). It's that kind of sharing magic that makes Thingiverse the closest thing to teleportation that we've got in this solar system.
What are the mayor challenges for you guys?
It can be hard to find time to eat and sleep. There is way too much stuff to do in this world right now. If you're bored in this day and age, you're doing it wrong. Turn off the TV, pick a ambition and start spending your free time working on it. Besides 3d printing, there are all sorts of open source collaborative hardware projects to work on.
A while back you had an experiment in crowd sourced manufacturing with having people produce parts for Makerbots for you. How did that work out? Will you be doing this more often?
We were the first company to ever do crowd sourced manufacturing and it worked out great. It was so cool to have MakerBots in the wild making parts for unbuilt MakerBots. We've got some ideas to do this again that we're going to announce later this year.
How important is your community to you? What do they do for the company?
The MakerBot community is awesome. Because we're open source and the community is so smart, we've seen a lot of participation in the research and development sector. For example, MakerBot Operator Tim Myrtle ripped the guts out of our temperature control code and replaced that section of code with some serious PID math which made the temperature of the nozzle much more stable. Because we're open source, our users know that the code and designs are theirs to hack on. They also know that if they improve their machine, they can share their improvement and everyone in the community benefits.
Can I download a Makerbot and print it out using Shapeways?
Go for it! There was talk a while back on the MakerBot Operator google group to replace all the lasercut parts with printable parts. Progress is being made and already there is a printable extruder!
Are Makerbots going to be able to self replicate?
One step at a time. Self replication is cool, but our first step is actually to get the machine so that it can be an autonomous manufacturing factory. I want to be able to go to sleep and wake up to a pile of MakerBotted things next to my MakerBot!
Why did you guys start Makerbot Industries?
We felt compelled. We decided to live the dream. We followed our hearts.
Shouldn't you guys be making the next YouTube or
something (Bre used to work for Rocketboom, Etsy & MakeZine as their video producer)?
Why 3D printing?
We love the internet, but web apps are very 90's. Personal Manufacturing the new black. We see the future and it's full of flying cars, replicators, and moon colonies. You can watch videos of the MakerBot Operators popping our collars from the moon colony on youtube when we get there.
You used to be a teacher, is that still kind of your job? To 'teach' 3D printing?
My mission in life is to be able to develop infrastructure that lets humans be creative. I feel that very tangibly inside my self. When I taught school that's what I did. When I made tutorial videos that's what I did. Adam, Zach and I are taking creative infrastructure to a new level by putting the tools of manufacturing into the hands of creative people. Everyday, even the long days packing boxes, we get excited about empowering people around to world create amazing things with our machines.
Atoms are the new bitsis an important article in Wired by Chris Anderson about the democratization of production. It will frame the discussion about the business that Shapeways is in. To sum it up, "In the age of democratized industry, every garage is a potential micro-factory, every citizen a potential micro-entrepreneur." An even shorter summation, "the long tail of things" is coming.
It is thought provoking and inspirational article and everyone should read it. In my opinion however it leaves out several crucial elements that will allow "atoms to become the new bits."
1. Atoms will become bits only if the right infrastructure evolves.
Small entrepreneurs have to be able to defend their IP. Markets will have to be found. Customization and easy 3D modeling software will have to be created. Services such as legal, customer service, accounting, etc. will have to evolve. Customization tools will have to work. Recommendation engines for people, things and products that do not exist will have to be found, etc.
2. No amount of technology will replace the division of labor.
3. No amount of (available) innovation will eliminate comparative advantage.
4. Absolute advantage will not magically vanish overnight.
5. The invisible hand will still call the shots
6. Cooperation is not only a word on Sesame Street.
The most successful web publisher is not necessarily the best coder, builder of websites, writer of web frameworks, marketeer, authors, editor etc. Indeed even if he could do all of those things working with others would seem to be an efficient thing to do. The best designer in the world should probably spend more time designing than putting stuff in boxes. The best designer in the world might suck at marketing. The best designer in the world might be too expensive.
By working together and using the platforms available to us and using the skills of others in concert we will be able to achieve personal production. Networks of micro-businesses will define the future of commerce.
The key factor for someone who has or wants their own micro-factory or who wants to be a micro-entrepreneur is to specialize. In the New Industrial Revolution the core question will still be, what is it that you can do better than others?
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Shapeways Community member Bill Morris has a fun blog called I Heart Robotics. Bill also has some great designs on Shapeways such as a Sonar Servo mount, chuck key Holder & a toolholder for Torx screwdrivers. In order to let people install the tool holders, Bill wanted to develop a way to use screws along with 3D printed parts. A perfect marriage between the old and the new, don't you think? You can check out his blog post here. Its good to see such development because I had personally given up on threaded screws used along with 3D printed parts. Bolts generally are much easier to use along with 3D printing and for the White, Strong & Flexible materials a simple hole will support a screw as long as the wall is thick enough. Thin walls along with screws might cause the material to tear thought. Bill however worked with the ABS plastic 3D printing material that we call Grey Robust. Its nice to see Bill showing us what is possible.
Joris Peels: Why did you want to use wooden screws together with 3D printed parts?
Bill Morris: I usually drill and tap holes because in many of the projects I work on
there is no way to access the back side to put a nut on. Nuts also have
a tendency to fall on the floor and loosen due to vibration.
After tapping hundreds of holes in 3D printed plastic I thought that
there had to be a better way. I wanted a solution that customers buying
stuff from my Shapeways store could reproduce without buying a set of taps.
I guessed that wood screws might work well, and looked for plastic
screws. While I am waiting for those to arrive, I decided to test the
wood screws.
Joris Peels: What machine and material did you use?
Bill Morris: Stratasys Prodigy Plus with P400 ABS.
Joris Peels: What was the most surprising thing about your findings?
Bill Morris: It was surprising that the wood screws had enough holding strength to
split the countersinks and split the screw bosses.
Shapeways wants to do for 3D printing, what CSI did for petechial hemorrhaging. Luckily we are not alone, there are many companies working towards similar ends. These fellow travelers all want to in some way enable personal production and give people the ability to make anything. This post is meant to explain my personal view towards those fellow travelers, the future and pizza. It is long, my apologies.
There has been a lot of discussion about what the HP & Stratasys distribution deal will mean for 3D printing. Will it make 3D printing mainstream? Will it put a 3D printer on every desk, or is it just a limited marketing deal that will not change anything? Joseph Flaherty at Replicator thinks that the HP & Stratasys deal is, literally "no big deal." Al Dean at Develop 3D is more optimistic, while giving a good overview of the industry and challenges. Jeffry Mathias is more optmistic still, and thinks it will be huge. My own opinion on the matter was described as enthusiastic also. This may strike some of you as strange, given that previously I have gone on the record saying some potentially stupid things about desktop 3D printing. In the Singer problem I imply that the desktop 3D printer is basically irrelevant and in the Milk analogy I ask why we don't all have mini cows at home. Today I will go considerably further out on a limb.
How can I rhyme these seemingly disparate viewpoints of mine? By thinking of pizza. You have a lot of different types of businesses making pizza.
There is the fine dining restaurant where beautiful surroundings, linen tablecloths and jacketed waiters envelope you. This is a place where most come only on anniversaries or special occasions, places that are meant to take your breath away. They serve pizza here, with a twist, a wink of an eye and an eye popping price but pizza all the same. The service, the experience, the feeling of being in good hands and their expertise in cooking is why people go here.
You can also get pizza from Domino's and Pappa Johns, You order it and it arrives. The pizza is inexpensive, easy and the variation is enormous. This is a scale business that is efficient and competes on value for money, scale, scope, selection and distribution. Technology, innovation and what's under the hood matter as well as marketing. Within this segment there is variation such as NakedPizza that competes on health and ecology while retaining essentially the same model.
You could also build a pizza oven in your back yard. You could do this in two ways. You could hand build it yourself or get some professional company to ship it to you. In both cases the issues are similar. The initial start up costs are huge, especially compared to the other options. This will leave out a great many people unable or unwilling to make the investment. It will take up a lot of space and require a lot of effort to maintain. Initially you will have to train yourself to use it. You have acquired an asset and this could break, depreciate quicker than you thought or it could, simply not work as hoped. The risks are much higher, as is the effort. But the perceived payoff is higher. The dream of making one's own. You have to love the idea of it. Just look at the guy above smiling.
And what off the ultimate pizza company? A pizza with all of the taste, skill and pizazz of the fine dining restaurant; with the low cost, variation, innovation and ease of the delivery service; and with the feeling of having made it yourself. This ultimate pizza competitor would for $1.99 instantly produce a pizza anywhere you wanted it to be, to any specification, with any ingredients with an unmatched taste. A kind of ultimate frozen pizza. Would that be cool? Would that be awesome? For shizzle. Where would such an ultimate pizza be more likely to evolve initially? Who would have it first? Would it be accessible as an inexpensive product for everyone to buy? Or would lets say a restaurant somewhere or one of those delivery services be the first to implement it, the first to afford it? While waiting for this ultimate pizza, what would be the best course to take as a consumer?
At one point during our lifetime there might very well be a device that can manipulate at the molecular or atomic level. There might be a Tea, Earl Grey, Hot device, a proper replicator. This will change everything. But..if such a device does not exist a desktop 3D printer is a technophile's bread baking machine. A space & time consuming device that will bring a limited number of people immense enjoyment for limited use but be unused by the vast number of purchasers and people in general. Even people with a bread baking machine eat bread baked elsewhere. You can not make all bread with a bread baking machine. Skill is an element when baking bread. And just because there were other devices that used to be very expensive and limited and are now cheap and sophisticated does not necessarily mean that 3D printers will automatically follow the same path. Where is my $100 Rolls Royce? Nike shoes would cost less than a dollar and fly me to work if they were chips but they are not.
Desktop 3D printers, will be a tax on "makers" living in the early 21st century. Don't get me wrong, I will happily pay it. I am enthusiastic about open source 3D printers and HP. But, look at your toolbox. What is the best tool? The best hammer? For all use cases? I know you have a dream tool, an ultimate but is this the best tool for everyone, in all cases? Could you even imagine an ultimate hammer, a screwdriver? A tool that could do everything? A tool that could do everything better than every other tool, no matter how specialized? How about a factory that could make everything? More likely, but improbable. How about a service with lots of factories, could they make everything? More likely still but even they could not simultaneously be the best at pizazz and afford ability. They would have to make choices, choose a path. They would, Oh I don't know opt for building a service and a community instead of a machine. Indeed this is why I work at Shapeways. Because if a replicator comes on the market we will be the first to buy it. Because if the dream is to let everyone make everything the challenge is (counter intuitively) not one of machinery but rather one of infrastructure such as software, helpful community members, designers, scale and scope. There is a broad host of problems that we are tackling and this will be essential for making 3D printing mainstream. Confused, at this point during the diatribe? Try win Command and Conquer with one unit. Try find a shirt that fits all your friends. Try find a shirt that everyone you've ever met will like (and no, not everyone likes the Wolf Moon shirt). To make everything is an almost insurmountable mountain of complexity, to let everyone make everything adds a plethora of pitfalls, to limit your solution to within the confines of a desk is delusion. A desktop 3D printer will for some use cases for some people provide a completely compelling way to make something of any shape less well than larger machines owned by people who have more space or money.
So why am I going to buy a desktop 3D printer at one point? Because its cool. I'm a 3D printing fan boy. I'm like one of those people with every Barbie, all the Pokemon, I'm compelled. And this is where my enthusiasm for the HP deal comes in. If enough people believe that desktop 3D printing will happen, then it will. This, like the internet in the 1990s. This is the: no matter what the economics and technical challenges are, if we all go nuts and act like lemmings we are capable of incredible achievements. The hysteria, millions of people working towards the same goal, billions more to go into things like boo.com, dark fiber, data centers, coders, code, software, routers and the marketing, PR and news that brought everyone to the internet. The internet became a frenzy, a self fulling prophecy that defied any economic logic. Anything that brings people closer to believing that desktop 3D printing is inevitable, is great. Because a massive investment of time and money in one thing, in one dream, is bound to do amazing things.
But..you started this talking about pizza? Yes, I did and may I congratulate you on your perseverance as well as thank you for it, in this part of the story.
If I asked you about the pizza industry you might think that all companies that made pizza compete with each other. They don't. Each slice is consumed by different people for different reasons. Yes, there could be overlap. I could buy a Pizza at night because I'm too lazy to fire up my pizza oven or order one from this one place because they have flavors or ingredients I don't have. But, essentially these companies do not and will not derive significant gains or losses in revenues from these other pizza category companies. These companies would not thrive or fail if they did well or badly as compared to or in opposition to the overall pizza market. Each of their futures will be determined by different tactical and strategic choices and in competition with different players. Even if the market was saturated, they would not predominantly compete. Domino's is more worried about McDonalds than fine dining. The "build your own wood fired oven" pizza people actually compete more with hot tubs, hobbies & vacations more than the other categories.
Shapeways aims to be Dominos of 3D printing. The guys at RepRap & Make@Home are the "build your own pizza oven crowd." Stratasys, Objet, Zcorp, 3D systems and EOS are the professional pizza oven retailers. Makerbot is a unique hybrid of the two. 3D printing service bureaus such as Materialise are the fine dining restaurants. We all would like to offer the ultimate in production technology. We all would love to have or sell the ultimate replication machine. If there is an internet-like hype we might all get the chance, eventually. But, our energies are wasted in competing across categories.
We are all fulfilling a similar need but essentially not exactly the same need, and not to the same people and not in the same way. The differences between those needs and how we meet them will mean the difference between success and failure for individual companies and products in this industry. Domino's might be the most excellent pizza delivery company out there but they could not do fine dining. There are six billion people on this planet that have no concept of what 3D printing can do. Lets divy these up first and then start thinking about the other guy.
Imagine a future where everyone has a 3D printer. It will be amazing. UPS would only deliver 3D printing materials. All their packages would be exactly the same. You quickly 3D print some cutlery for your guests just before they arrive, only to have the printer stop working because you ran out of Cyan. Or you 3D print a game character for your child, only to have the MPAA sue you for $1,800,000 because the movie Avatar holds the copyright for all the avatars anywhere, anytime. A friend would send you a better mousetrap via the internets and you could try it out for real shortly after. Unless of course you happen to open the file with Adobe Reader 3D, because I'm guessing that this would take more time than you have on this earth. Environmentalists will have to put "please don't 3D print this" stickers on everything, every single thing on the planet, even all of the ideas.
In all seriousness, the moment that HP joined Stratasys in manufacturing 3D printers is a watershed. A $100 billion dollar revenue hardware and technology services firm is saying, "we would like to take this technology and make it mainstream." This marks the moment when 3D printing turned from techno-spielerei and the pioneering efforts of a few technology companies into a thing for MBAs to think about. Makerbot already succeeded in putting an affordable 3D printer out there. Shapeways means that anyone can buy or make 3D printed things inexpensively already. EOS, Stratasys, Zcorp, Objet and 3D Systems have been showing people for years how powerful the technology is. The significance of HP lies in putting a huge company with incredible scope and considerable marketing prowess in the middle of 3D printing industry.
As a result eleven things are now happening or will happen as a result of HP joining up with Stratasys and entering the 3D printing market:
In short the passionate few, the adventurers, the nerds, the people plugging away for years at ideas, the people that got their hands dirty are now going to be joined by people with weird job titles. Pre Sales Solution Architect III & Enterprise Customer Pursuit Program Manager (I wish I made that up). The Power Point punters are coming. Packaging Look & Feel meetings will be held and unboxing experiences will be discussed. There will be market research. People will jump into this market like its the worlds biggest bouncy castle.
In the short term this will suck. The suits will get it wrong. They'll come up with stupid terms and shiny things that don't work. But, in the long term we will be better for it. They will drive this market forward and eventually machines will become better and cheaper. Tea, Earl Grey, Hot, will still take a long time. But, I already have cleared space for 3D printer on my desk.
Really, I have. You can see it in the photo above. I keep a space empty on a otherwise way too cluttered desk so that I can eventually put a 3D printer there. That space has been empty for 19 months. What should & will fill it? Will that be an open source kit? a slick injection molded (oh the irony) affair? And the 11th thing that is happening right now? Many people are now wondering how many people there are out there with space on their desks for a 3D printer.
Stratasys and HP are going to make and distribute 3D printers together. This is huge news. As you may know Stratasys is the company behind the Dimension & Fortus 3D printer brands and the Red Eye 3D printing service. Stratasys use the FDM process and we use their machines for our Grey Robust material. Some quotes from the press release: "We believe the time is right for 3D printing to become mainstream," said Stratasys Chairman and CEO Scott Crump. "We also believe that HP's unmatched sales and distribution capabilities and Stratasys FDM technology is the right combination to achieve broader 3D printer usage worldwide. HP has made a similar move in this market before, capturing a dominant position in large-format 2D printers. Together we hope to repeat this success with 3D printers."
The large printer manufacturers have now dabbled in the "low end" of the market with Dimension FDM printers breaking the $20,000 mark at one point. This is the same price as the entry level Zcorp machine, the 310. Objet's Alaris is around 40,000 if I'm not mistaken. Now the Dimension U-Print starts at $12,000. 3D Systems, another 3D printer manufacturer, recently acquired the assets for Desktop Factory which was a start up that wanted to produce a $5000 3D printer.
Stratasys working with HP means that they will have a lot more muscle on the distribution side and will push prices lower. HP's savvy in doing the whole "giving you the printer" and charging an arm and a leg for the ink thing. It would be interesting if they tried this with 3D printers. This is a huge shake up in a market coming to grips with the idea of manufacturing for everyone.
The race to lower prices and desktop machines is of course even more interesting given that the open source Rep Rap printer (and its positively dirt cheap $750 Makerbot Cupcake CNC variant) are both doing very well. This means that as of now the major 3D printer manufacturers are locked in a battle for your desktop while at the same time trying to figure out how to compete with open source. Awesome!
I love the idea of this so much! First of all, Anthony is running a micro-business. A business that would not be viable without the Internet. A business that exploits a tiny niche but is nonetheless viable because he can reach a global cadre of enthusiasts. Secondly the business is a customization business which of course I love and think represents a big coming trend as many businesses and products move towards higher value unique products because of customer demand. Thirdly, he's used 3D printing in a business enviornment. But, the one thing I like most is that he's using 3D printing because it is useful. For him the branding iron makes sense as an investment. The fact that it is 3D printed stainless steel is not the decisive factor in his purchase of it. He brought it because it allows him to add logos to a board quickly. You can see some more pictures on the forum or check out the boards on his site here.
Eric Finley and Aaron Trocola rock! I am continually astounded by the helpfulness and kindness of the Shapeways community.
As you know we recently introduced color 3D printing. To upload and create a color 3D printed file you have to work with a texture map and the VRML file format. These are both unfamiliar to a lot of people. Aaron therefore spend a considerable amount of time making a clear and well illustrated tutorial explaining the texture mapping of VRML files. His tutorial shows you how you can use the free Google Sketchup tool combined with the free and open source tool Meshlab to easily make textures out of images. His example of a simple photo frame is clear and the tutorial is a huge help to our community. I would like to thank Aaron so so much. You can check out the tutorial which will help 3D modelers from noobs to ninjas deal with texture maps here. Besides writing super tutorials Aaron is Aeron203 on Shapeways and has some really well designed items in his Shop.
Just having one person such as Aaron do something so helpful would be amazing but over the past weekend we had two. Eric Finley made his Shapeways Tools Script for Blender. This script integrates and builds upon the work of another awesome member Loonsbury. Loonsbury's pricing script for Blender is now included in Eric's Tools. This means that community members have now made tools for Blender as well as for 3D Max in the form of Virtox's excellent pricing script.
Eric's Shapeways Tools for Blender include a completely automatic wall thickness check. You are not dreaming. The script even color codes your wall thicknesses so you can see where your problems lie and just how problematic the walls are, right within Blender! Please help Eric by giving him feedback for his awesome app. You can check out his great fantasy Shop here.
In the case of a coffee cup or pitcher, a 3 piece mold is acceptable. It is had to design a handle in a product that wouldn't require a third piece. If you think about how the steel would need to escape from the plastic, you would see that one piece of the mold would be for the inside of the cup. Then you would need 2 pieces to move in from the sides of the cup to make the handle. If you just had a 2 piece mold, the steel would not be able to pull out from the handle.
The image above is an actual picture of Alien Grey by Jiovanie. It is 3D printed using our Full Color Sandstone material. This is our least expensive material and the pricing is $0.99 per Cubic Centimeter ($16.22 per cubic Inch + $ 1.50 start up costs per model, these prices include worldwide shipping).
You can check out the video here:
Several community members have been making some wonderful things over the past months to showcase Full Color 3D printing.
Upload an image and it will be made into these wonderful marbles that cost $10.
We turn any image into a color 3D printed depth map so you can see as well as touch your holiday snapshots for $29. Check them out here.
For Character modelers & animators this really means they can now take their avatar or their favorite character design and put it on their desktop. Designers can now come up with Co-creators that can be turned into any color, any pattern such as this Ipod accessory below. You just upload any image or pattern and the designer easily makes your object this color or pattern.
Expectation Management
The type of 3D printer we use for this process are Zcorp 650. We however are using a finishing technique that strengthens the 3D printed parts using rapid thermoset composites. Additionally we also use a one of a kind machine to resin infuse the models. This unique process makes the models much stronger and the colors much brighter, than was possible previously. We believe that people that have been exposed to Zcorp previously will be blown away with the results.
Having said that we do have to temper your enthusiasm somewhat. The resolution of the printer itself is low compared to the other processes we use. So the details and features will be less accurate. However, the color resolution is high so high detail in images is possible. The models are much stronger than traditional Zcorp processes but still fragile compared to the other things you can make with Shapeways.
We have more technical information here in the Design Rules for Full Color 3D printing here. The most crucial information is to realize that the wall thickness is 3mm and that fragile dainty models can not be made with this process. For a quick overview of the material you can check out our material page for Full Color Sandstone.
You can currently add color to your models by using a VRML file with texture map or by using x3D. You can find out how that works here.
Please tell us what you think and especially in the first weeks of this new material, let us know what needs to be improved.
Our CEO @weijmarshausen gives a talk to kids @USAScienceFest on how 3D printing turns dreams to reality. #SciFest pic.twitter.com/xX9oQU5r5x


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On 02-23-2012, approximately 1:00 p.m. the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office Community Response Unit conducted a probation search in the 400 block of South Road, Stafford, after receiving complaints about possible drug sales and activity. When deputies arrived at the residence they met with probationer David Charles Cox, 57 years who is on probation for transportation or sale of a controlled substance.
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Humboldt County Code Enforcement was called to the scene to investigate those issues.
Cox was arrested for possession of a narcotic, cultivation of marijuana, possession of concentrated cannabis and violation of probation.
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The mood was somber during an unusually brief regular Peters Township Council meeting July 8, a day after one of the seven council members, Robert Atkison, died unexpectedly. Atkison, 81, had served on council 22 of the past 24 years.
A moment of silence was observed at the start of the meeting followed by comments from the council members in attendance. Gary Stiegel Jr. was absent.
When the meeting continued, council learned the state Department of Transportation will pay the township $44,263 to provide winter maintenance in 2013-14 on 19.36 miles of state-owned roads within the township, about $2,000 higher than the amount paid for the winter of 2012-13. Because of the unusually severe weather last winter, Michael Silvestri, township manager, said the state had reimbursed the township an additional $10,000 for the extra maintenance.
Council also granted permission for banners on the Arrowhead Trail bridge spanning East McMurray Road to Relay for Life and for a band festival held by the Peters Township High School marching band. No dates were listed for when the banners will be placed.
Council has been working on a new comprehensive plan detailing the future of the township for the next decade. A public hearing on the plan was set for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16. No action will be taken following the public hearing. There is no deadline for the plan to be adopted.
When approving the payroll and bills, council members learned the $100,000 check was made payable to the Canonsburg Lake Restoration committee. The amount has been in the budget for a few years.
Members also learned there are "plenty of (sewer) taps available" in the Peters Creek Sanitary Authority.
The next council meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. July 22.
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Classic Bermuda style on private pink-sand beach
Close to Hamilton
Surrounded by 50 acres of lush, landscaped gardens, this resort is located along a private stretch of beach on Bermuda's south shore, 2 miles from downtown Hamilton and the Belmont Hills Golf Course.
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Elbow Beach's health spa offers six private suites with granite soaking tubs and bamboo flooring; other leisure options include a spacious freeform outdoor pool, 5 tennis courts, and a putting green.
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Elbow Beach is located on Bermuda's south shore, two miles from downtown Hamilton. Set amidst 50 acres of lush gardens, the resort has a half-mile stretch of private, pink-sand beach.
The Spa at Elbow Beach offers a variety of Asian-influenced services, including Signature Spa Therapies and Chakra Balancing with Hot Stones. Private spa suites have rain showers, granite soaking tubs, and ocean-view balconies.
The resort's signature restaurant, Lido, serves innovative Mediterranean cuisine and fresh local seafood. The Deep Lounge and Nightclub is an elegant indoor lounge with a distinctive décor where guests can enjoy cocktails while listening to lounge music. Room service is available 24 hours.
Conference facilities include more than 4,500 square feet of indoor and outdoor space, much of it ocean-view. A business center provides equipment rentals and secretarial and business services.
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- 24-hour front desk
- Tennis on site
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
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- Cell phone/mobile rental
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- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
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- Concierge desk
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- Currency exchange
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- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Total number of rooms - 98
- Medical assistance available
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
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- Free parking
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- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- On private beach
- Room service (24 hours)
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- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Technology helpdesk
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- Video library
- Wedding services
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Children's club
- Number of restaurants - 4
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 4
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- Air conditioning
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Lido - The award-winning signature restaurant is perched above the beach, with breathtaking ocean views and an elegant but informal atmosphere. Serving innovative Mediterranean cuisine. Open daily for breakfast and dinner.
Sea Breeze Terrace - Located on the hotel's sea terrace, this restaurant enjoys a panoramic vista of the beach. Guests can indulge in cocktails or aperitifs from the full bar before dinner, as well as wine and cocktail service throughout the evening. Enjoy an extensive selection of tapas and sushi under the stars. Open daily for lunch and dinner.
Mickey's Beach Bistro & Bar - The sand and surf are only inches away at this unique al fresco restaurant. Serving bistro style dishes in a casual environment, this is the only venue in Bermuda for a casual lunch or dinner on-the sand. Open seasonally.
Blue Point - Our poolside restaurant provides an eclectic mix of seafood and more. The menu is light and healthy in a contemporary, laid back setting. Open seasonally for lunch.
The Deep Lounge & Nightclub - An elegant indoor lounge with a distinctive décor where guests can enjoy cocktails while listening to relaxing lounge music. It can also be booked for private parties, and has a variety of food and beverage options available.
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Guests enjoy a spacious freeform pool and five tennis courts, three lit for night play. A fitness room is located below the pool deck level and features a variety of cardio exercise equipment, free weights and stretching mats. A jogging trail is on site, and mountain bikes, scooters, and motor bikes are available for rent from the cycle shop.
Elbow Beach has a nine-hole putting green. Several world-class golf courses are located within a few miles, including the 18-hole course at Belmont Hills.
With coral reefs and a sunken ship located just offshore, guests can snorkel and scuba dive directly from the resort's private beach. A dive shop on the beach rents gear, and can arrange excursions to other areas around the island. Kayaks are also available for rental.
- Golf - driving range nearby
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- Water skiing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
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- Pilates classes/instruction nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
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- Kayaking on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Running track/path on site
- Scooter/moped rentals on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Swimming on site
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Spa
- Body wraps
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- Massages
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To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
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- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is 11 AM
- How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
- Your pets
Pets allowed, Pet policy - dogs only, Pet maximum weight in lb is 60
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Pet fee: USD 100 per pet
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Lesley student Natalie Cohen's photo documentary project shares portraits and stories of homelessness in Harvard Square.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
The exhibit, which runs through Nov. 26, is co-sponsored by the Lesley University College of Art and Design Photo Department, the Office of Community Service at Lesley University, Lesley Delivers, and the Office of Student Activities. Cohen's exhibit is among a number of events and activities at Lesley to mark Hunger & Homelessness Week, including volunteer opportunities, a Faces of Homelessness Panel and a Hunger Banquet.
Cohen is a junior and works as the photographer for the Office of Community Service. She spent a month and a half photographing homeless people in Harvard Square for the project with the help of Lesley seniors Theresa Powers and Brianna Ehler, the co-president and group leader, respectively, with Lesley Delivers, a student organization dedicated to supporting the homeless and hungry in the Cambridge community by contributing food, resources, and time to those in need.
"These are people on the street you literally walk by every day," Natalie says. "Just saying, 'Hi,' could make their day, or buying them a cup of coffee. Show they are human. We want people to start making connections with other people."
Amy Greene, director of Lesley's Community Service office, praised Natalie's efforts to shed light on the homeless population and humanize a people who are so often overlooked.
"The photo exhibit is an excellent example of why we value community service here at Lesley, where a talented student like Natalie is able to apply theory to practice, utilizing her creativity to truly have an impact in the world," Greene noted. "The emotion and openness that is visible in each portrait is the result of years of connection between Lesley students and the homeless in Harvard Square through our vibrant student service organization, Lesley Delivers."
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Dance legend Judith Jamison speaks at Lesley
Judith Jamison spoke to a packed house at Lesley University's Washburn Auditorium as part of the Strauch-Mosse Visiting Artist Lecture Series.The Boston Globe March 09, 2014
Revelations: Judith Jamison to speak at Lesley University
The Alvin Ailey artistic director emerita enjoys watching the next generation of dancers grow within the family as people, as artists.The Boston Globe
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Doug Bosch throws us a curve
"Catenaria" is on view at Lesley University's VanDernoot Gallery.Artscope Magazine March/April
Jamie Greubel captures bronze in bobsled
Jamie Greubel, who earned an M.Ed. from Lesley in 2010, wins a bronze medal at the Olympics in Sochi.Bucks Local News Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014
Olympic Bobsledder Jamie Greubel: Blonde Dragon
Lesley alumna Jamie Greubel goes for the gold.NBC | Philadelphia Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014
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This will be the last fire update from California Interagency Incident Management Team 3.
Crews will continueto take a series of post-fire actions to repair damages and minimize environmental impacts resulting from fire suppression activities, and continue to patrol the firelines and mop up any remaining hot spots. There are 3 phases of rehabilitation; fire suppression repair, BAER (Burn Area Emergency Response) and long term recovery.
Fire Suppression Repair is a series of immediate post-fire actions taken to repair damages and minimize environmental impacts resulting from fire suppression activities and is usually began after the fire is contained and before the demobilization of an Incident Management Team. This work rehabilitates the hand and dozer firelines, roads, trails, staging areas, safety zones, and drop points used during fire suppression efforts.
BAER -The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program is a rapid assessment of burned watersheds by BAER teams to identify unacceptable post-fire threats and implement emergency treatments to reduce unacceptable risks before the first major storm or damaging event. The fire results in a loss of vegetation, exposure of the soil to erosion and increased water runoff that may lead to flooding and increased sediment and debris flows. BAER treatments such as the installation of erosion and runoff water control devices; temporary barriers to protect recovering areas; warning signs; and drainage features for increased flow may be implemented. BAER work may also replace safety related facilities; remove safety hazards; prevent permanent loss of habitat for threatened and endangered species; and prevent the spread of noxious weeds.
Long-Term Recovery utilizes non-emergency actions that are done within three years or more after fire containment to improve fire-damaged lands that are unlikely to recover naturally and to repair or replace facilities damaged by the fire that are not critical to life safety. This phase may include restoring burned habitat, monitoring fire effects, replacing burned fences, interpreting cultural sites, treating pre-existing noxious weed infestations, and installing interpretive signs.
During a wildfire, most wildlife will be able to escape from harm's way. Animals such as birds, deer, coyote, bobcat and mountain lions may be able to move out of burning areas. Smaller wildlife such as rodents and reptiles can often find refuge underground and in unburned patches of vegetation or rocky areas. However, some individuals may be lost depending on intensity and how rapidly fire moves through an area. Intense fires that spread rapidly may have incidental losses to fleeing animals, but may be less hazardous to wildlife seeking refuge in the ground. Moderate slow moving fires may allow large mammals to escape more easily, but slow moving flames allow the heat to penetrate the soil which can have an impact on smaller wildlife.
Visitors wanting to access Lassen National Volcanic Park from the north can drive the Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway from the north entrance to Manzanita Lake. For visitors wanting to access the park from the south entrance, the road is open to Summit Lake. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead for current information. The park's most popular trails remain open. From the Southwest entrance, visitors can access the Bumpass Hell trail, Kings Creek Falls trail, Mill Creek Falls, and Brokeoff Mountain trail among others. Warner Valley offers visitors an opportunity to hike several trails including the trails to Devils Kitchen and Boiling Springs Lake, two of the park's hydrothermal areas. The Lassen Peak trail will be open to the summit Friday August 31 through Monday September 3. Visitors can enjoy a spectacular full moon hike up the peak on August 31. The trails around Manzanita Lake, Lily Pond, Crags Lake and Manzanita Creek are open in the northwest part of the park. The Pacific Crest Trail is closed.
The Lassen National Forest and Lassen Volcanic National Park are working together and providing a coordinated response to the fire. Smoke will continue to pose health concerns for the public. Residents are encouraged to visit the "Protect Yourself from Smoke" website for smoke protection information at http://www.cdc.gov/Features/Wildfires/. Local air quality conditions and forecasts are available at http://airnow.gov/index.cfm action=airnow.main.
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Not later. Now. As in immediately. If the season started today instead of waiting until the fall, that probably would be fine with the Nets.
After acquiring aging stars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and two other players in a trade with the Boston Celtics, Brooklyn's payroll will be $98 million next season.
The league salary cap will be a little under $59 million, which means under league rules, the Nets will pay an additional $70 million in luxury taxes to the NBA.
That means the Nets will spend about $168 million just for their players.
And these players better win, because there's not a whole lot of help coming for a while.
As part of the deal with the Celtics, the Nets traded Gerald Wallace and four scrubs and – most importantly – first-round draft picks in 2014, 2016 and 2018. In addition, the Celtics can request they swap first-round picks in 2017.
I guess the Nets are imagining themselves winning lots of playoff games, so those picks would come late in the round when all the difference-makers are gone.
For their sakes, let's hope that's the case. They've traded away a big part of their future for essentially a couple of players who may or may not have much left in the tank. Is that a smart deal?
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In a city full of vampires, trouble never sleeps.
At the tender age of twenty-seven, Merit became a sword-wielding vampire. Since then, she's become the protector of her House, watched Chicago nearly burn to the ground, and seen her Master fall and rise. Now she'll see her mettle—and her metal—tested like never before.
It started with two . . . Two rogues vanishing without a trace. Someone is targeting Chicago's vampires, and anyone could be next. With their house in peril, Merit and her Master, the centuries-old Ethan Sullivan, must race to stop the disappearances. But as they untangle a web of secret alliances and ancient evils, they realize their foe is more familiar, and more powerful, than they could have ever imagined.
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The NICE clinical guideline on long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) offers the best-practice advice for all women of reproductive age who may wish to regulate their fertility by using LARC methods. It covers specific issues for the use of these methods during the menarche and before the menopause, and by particular groups, including women who have HIV, learning disabilities or physical disabilities, or are younger than 16 years.
May 2013: Update of the recommendations on progestogen-only subdermal implants
The progestogen-only subdermal implant, Implanon, recommended in this guideline is no longer available.
Implanon was replaced by Nexplanon. Nexplanon contains the same amount of the same drug as Implanon, but the summaries of product characteristics for the two devices are not identical.
In the light of the change in the implant available, NICE will review the evidence and update the section of the guideline that makes recommendations on progestogen-only subdermal implants.
Healthcare professionals considering offering Nexplanon should consult the summary of product characteristics.
June 2006: The recommendation on treating irregular bleeding after insertion of a contraceptive implant has been changed (this is recommendation 126.96.36.199 in the NICE guideline). Although the evidence does show that mifepristone is effective at controlling irregular bleeding associated with implants, it is not licensed for this indication. The revised recommendation reads: 'Irregular bleeding associated with implant use can be treated with mefenamic acid or ethinylestradiol.'
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she said it was very violent but its so well done (like a living comic book) that she actually liked SIN CITY
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Social Work Services
Mission Statement: The Department of Social Work strives to meet the psychosocial needs of patients and families who are hospitalized at Mercy Regional Medical Center.
Social workers at MRMC provide a wide variety of services, including:
• psychosocial assessments to identify psychosocial issues/stressors that can have an impact on a patient's physical condition and recovery
• coordination of family care conferences to help patients and families gain a broader understanding of a patient's needs and thus make more informed decisions about their healthcare
• information and referral to community resources
• coordinating care plans for psychiatric patients with the Southwest Colorado Mental Health Center's Emergency Services Team
• discharge planning for patients with complex psychosocial needs
• assistance with advance directive consults
The Department of Social Work provides direct clinical services to:
All adult inpatients and families, pediatric inpatients and their parents/families, and patients in our Same Day Care and Emergency Departments. We cover all of the different inpatient units, including: Orthopedics, Pediatric, Labor & Delivery, Medical/Surgical, Intensive Care Unit, and the Transitional Care Unit.
The Social Work Department also represents Mercy Regional Medical Center in the community through membership in numerous local human services related committees, including: La Plata County Child Protection Team, La Plata County Adult Protection Team, Southwest Colorado Violence Prevention Coalition, Sexual Assault Services Organization, and the La Plata County Long-Term Care Committee. As members of these committees MRMC Social Workers stay abreast of the changing needs and agency policies in the community that will affect our patients.
Each of our staff social workers has a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW), a clinical license to practice Social Work in the State of Colorado, and experience and expertise in the area of medical social work. Our social workers are also trained in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing.
The Director of our department is a member of the Denver University Advisory Board for the Four Corners Master of Social Work (MSW) Program. We also offer internship opportunities for 1st and 2nd year MSW students in this program. This has proven to be a successful mission outreach program as we help to increase the number of medically trained MSWs in the Four Corners Region.
Department Contact Information & Hours of Operation:
A member of the Social Work staff is available 7 days a week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and can be reached at (970) 247-4311.
To reach the social worker on duty, please dial 247-4311, or press "0" if you are dialing from within the hospital.
Terry Rosenbaugh, RN, BSN, C, Director: (970) 764-1050
Beverly Sondag, MSW, LCSW: (970) 764-2481
Heather Raymo, MSW, LCSW: (970) 764-2482
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Light the Path Forward: Candlelight Vigil to Remember the Impacts of Coal Ash
Wednesday, April 30th, the eve of the Duke Energy annual shareholder meeting 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. New Duke Energy Headquarters, 550 South Tryon St, Charlotte, NC
The Shalom Welcome Table Needs Volunteers
We are funding and providing the labor at the next Shalom Project Welcome Table on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Green St. United Methodist Church.
Easter Egg Hunt! Sunday, April 20
Easter Egg hunt immediately following the 11am service on 4/20. Nursery ages will hunt inside the fenced playground. All other elementary aged children will hunt in the unfenced playground area.
April 21, 2014 | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
At the next Soul Talk we will discuss the UU 6th principle, which affirms the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all. But how does that happen? What's my role as an individual, and our role as a congregation?
April 22, 2014 | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Rev. Lisa R. Schwartz will teach this four-session course based on the works of Buddhist teacher George Kinder. It offers a way to explore your relationship with money, using timeless spiritual wisdom and modern fiscal smarts. Note: This is NOT a class about investing, nor about stewardship.
April 24, 2014 | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
A trio of 90-minute discussions of spirituality and faith will be offered by the Fellowship at 6:30 p.m. on April 24, May 22, and June 26 (the fourth Thursday of each month).
April 27, 2014 | 10:00 am
The Fellowship will celebrate its newest members on Sunday, April 27, during both services. Cake will follow the 9 am service.
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